4/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) bagged the gold medal at exercises in the United Kingdom named the “Olympics of Military Patrolling”.
The Indian army team was among only three out of 96 participating military teams in the Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2021 at Brecon in Wales to win the gold medal after phase six of the exercises, conducted from October 13 to 15. The winning team was felicitated by Indian High Commissioner to the UK Gaitri Issar Kumar at India House in London.
“The team has performed extremely well under the harsh terrain conditions and inclement weather. These, in itself, presented various challenges in addition to the complex real-world situations which were simulated to assess their reactions in a combat setting,” the Indian High Commission in London said in a statement.
The award ceremony was attended by General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, the Chief of General Staff of the British Army, who presented the gold medal to the Indian Army team. Brigadier Vikramjit Singh Gill, Military Advisor at High Commission of India in London, was among those present from the Indian side.
